Jean-Louis Tixier-Vignancour

Jean -Louis Tixier - Vignancour, born as Jean Louis Tixier Gilbert, ( born October 12, 1907 in Paris, † 29 September 1989 ) was a French lawyer and politician.

Tixier - Vignancour was 1936 to 1940 ( and 1956 to 1958 for the independent list républicaine d' action sociale et Paysanne ) Deputy of the Basses- Pyrénées. In Vichy regime 1940-1941 he was Secretary for Information ( Secrétaire général adjoint à l' information de l' État français). As a lawyer, he was known to the early 1960s, especially for the defense of the OAS members. He represented General Raoul Salan (1899-1984) in 1962, where he carried his in France because of their rhetorical brilliance widely admired defense speech ( she also appeared on records ) the death penalty could deny and de Gaulle assassin Jean -Marie Bastien- Thiry 1963, which was however executed. In 1965, he appeared as a candidate of the extreme right against de Gaulle in the French presidential elections (his campaign manager was Jean -Marie Le Pen ), where he received 5.2 % of votes. In the second round he voted for François Mitterrand, as his dislike of de Gaulle because of the task of Algeria was too large. In 1979 he was in the election to the European Parliament on the first list position of the " Eurodroite " Right PFN ( Parti des forces nouvelles ).